Syrus Vale felt overwhelmed. Under these circumstances, how was he going to fulfill the last wish?
Force the three sisters?
Such an act would challenge Syrus Vale's moral boundaries. After all, he had been self-disciplined for long and this kind of act really disgusted him.
"How should I deal with Sophie? This woman tried to poison me…"
Syrus Vale scratched his head, thinking that if Sophie saw he wasn't dead, she might very well attempt to poison him again.
Poison is hard to defend against. If she tried once more, he was not sure if he could withstand it.
"No, I definitely wouldn't survive!"
Syrus Vale realized that if this body could resist the poison, he would not have transmigrated here in the first place.
However, this body was indeed robust, filled with muscles. This was not only due to the strength gained from the gene potion but also because the original owner exercised daily.
At the very least, in terms of brute strength, he could take on all three sisters by himself.
Syrus Vale thought, "The most pressing issue right now is to eat…"
He felt an emptiness in his stomach, perhaps related to the body's exertions today.
"Whew-!"
Syrus Vale looked down and blew away the white powder that had been spilled on the table.
After a moment, he gave a shove, and with a "crash-!", the cup on the table was knocked to the ground, shattering into pieces.
"Big sister, is he really dead?"
In the room opposite the master bedroom, Ava was riding on a bicycle-like device. Her feet kept pedaling as she said nervously.
"As long as he drinks the water, he will definitely die…"
Beside her, Sophie was also riding a bicycle.
This was the power generator that Syrus Vale had prepared for the fallout shelter.
Using the pedal to create mechanical power, it drove the coil to rotate and generate electricity.
The power storage equipment in the base had aged after several years of use, and its efficiency had decreased significantly.
Up until now, they had to step on it for twelve hours a day to ensure a day's electricity consumption.
They only used it to boil water and cook. Other high-power electrical equipment could not be used for a long time.
In the fallout shelter, there were two sets of power generation equipment. One was man-powered generator, and the other was a diesel generator. It was abandoned a year ago because all the gas stations in town were empty.
Ava's expression was a little complicated as she said nervously, "Big sister, if he dies, can we live?!"
Over the past year, the three sisters had basically lived in the fallout shelter. Other than occasionally taking the place of their eldest sister to carry the feces to the ground to take a look, they had almost never left.
All the information about the outside world came from Syrus Vale.
"Ava, don't be afraid. Even if I have to risk my life, I will protect you and Clara…" Sophie reached out her hand and patted Ava's head.
Ava's heart ached when she saw the faint scars on Sophie's wrist.
In the past years, she had naturally witnessed Syrus Vale's abuse of Sophie. She had told her elder sister several times that she wanted to leave this place, but Sophie had always held her back.
A woman who had endured Syrus Vale's abuse for a year for the sake of the safety of the two sisters had killed that man today.
She did not need to think to know that it had something to do with Syrus Vale forcing her today.
"Ava, does your body still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt…"
Ava shook her head. In the past year, she had been pedaling her bicycle to generate electricity every day. Her physical fitness was very good. It was just that she had some pain at the beginning. Now, she didn't feel anything at all.
"Sigh!"
Sophie immediately felt a little guilty. "It's all my fault. I thought that he would abide by our agreement…"
"Big sister, you've already paid enough for me!"
Ava was originally worried about whether the three sisters would be able to survive after Syrus Vale died. However, now that she thought about it, it was good that Syrus Vale was dead. At the very least, her eldest sister did not need to be tortured anymore.
"As long as the three of us sisters work together, we will definitely survive…" Sophie smiled sweetly and said.
She made up her mind. As soon as she confirmed that Syrus Vale was dead, she would immediately go up to the ground to search for food.
"Crack!"
At this moment, a crisp sound came from the master bedroom opposite the room.
The two pedaling stopped.
"Big Sis —!!"
Ava exclaimed in a low voice.
"Don't panic. Just pretend that nothing happened…" Sophie took a deep breath and said.
Syrus Vale should be dead by now…
Syrus Vale immediately came in the room and saw the two sisters who were pedaling opposite him.
"Sophie, come and clean my room!" He waved his hand and said.
The sisters looked at each other. The pedal under Ava's feet had stopped moving.
"Let's fight it with him," she said softly.
"Don't be rash, continue to pedal!"
Sophie quickly stood up and walked towards Syrus Vale's room.
Looking at Sophie's back, Ava's eyes turned sour. However, she did not dare to show anything. She could only lower her head, afraid that Syrus Vale would notice something unusual.
Now, she hoped that the poison could kick in as soon as possible before he was could torture her sister.
Syrus Vale turned around and returned to the house. He went to the safe and began to search for the password according to his memory.
In the previous owner's memory, there were guns and ammunition in the safe in his room.
It was a good time to check how many bullets he had left.
Sophie walked in and saw Syrus Vale squatting in front of the safe. A trace of disgust and hatred flashed in her eyes.
She turned around with a blank expression and looked at the room opposite her. There, Ava was standing up with her head lowered. She was frantically pedaling as if she was venting all the anger in her heart.
Sigh!
Sophie sighed in her heart and slowly closed the door.
Creak!
Syrus Vale was stunned when he opened the safe. Other than the two pistols, there were also some knives and whips.
The previous owner was worried that the three sisters would rebel, so he kept these sharp things that could be used as weapons in his safe every time.
He understood that the original owner must have known that what he had done deserved to die, so he had been on guard against the three sisters.
But he didn't even think about it. If they really wanted to kill someone, almost everything in this room could be treated as a weapon.
After checking the bullets and pistols, Syrus Vale closed the safe.
He turned around and froze on the spot.
In the room, Sophie had already stripped herself naked.
At this moment, she was kneeling on the ground with her back facing him, looking like an obedient slave.
Syrus Vale didn't feel the slightest bit of charm. Instead, he felt waves of shock.
There were scars all over Sophie's body, crisscrossing vertically and horizontally. It was a terrifying sight.
Syrus Vale quickly went forward and held her up.
During this process, Sophie was very obedient. She was like a puppet, and her entire body exuded a numb aura.
Bastard!
Syrus Vale let out a long sigh and cursed the previous owner again.
He couldn't help but grumble in his heart. Why did the system choose such a body for him?!
What should he do?
Syrus Vale picked up Sophie's clothes and helped her put them on one by one.
Sophie remained motionless. She would only move when she needed to raise her leg. At other times, she was like a dead person with lifeless eyes.
After putting on her clothes, Syrus Vale looked at Sophie, who was standing straight and motionless.
The words that were originally on the tip of her tongue to ask her to tidy up the cup were all swallowed back.
She was really a woman with a hard life.
Syrus Vale picked up a broom and began to sweep the broken glass shards on the ground into the trash can.
Sophie's originally wooden eyes suddenly lit up.
A cup!
There was no water!
The dry condition on the ground only indicated one thing, which meant that Syrus Vale had drunk the water.
This also meant that he did not have much time left. It would not be long before the poison took effect and he would die!
Sophie secretly warned herself that she must stabilize her state of mind and hold on until the moment Syrus Vale died from the poison.
She was very clear about the huge difference in strength between the two of them. His hands could carry her entire body in the air for an hour without rest.
This power was the effect of the genetic potion and his daily training.
In a head-on confrontation with Syrus Vale, the three sisters did not even have a 10% chance of winning.
After Syrus Vale finished sweeping the trash, he turned around and said, "Go and boil some water and heat up some food. I'm hungry!"
He… Aren't you going to whip me?
Every time she entered this room, she would be beaten up and abused.
She felt fortunate that she had been spared a round of torture.
Syrus Vale called Sophie in because he wanted her to see him drink the water with her own eyes.
His goal was to pass on a message to her that his body was highly resistant to poison to a certain extent because of the gene serum.
This way, she could give up the idea of poisoning him.
After all, his body was not really resistant to poison. If this woman continued to poison him, it would really be impossible to guard against.
Syrus Vale hesitated for a moment but still followed her when she went out.
He was worried that this woman would poison the food, so it was better to keep an eye on her.
However, if he continued to monitor them, it would be tantamount to telling them that he knew that they had poisoned him.
This would make Sophie think that the cup of poisoned water that she had put in was not enough. This would make her continue to think of ways to poison him.
Therefore, Syrus Vale chose to do the work himself and boil water to cook.
"Just let me do it…" Sophie was terrified and quickly snatched it away.
"No need, I'll do it myself…" Syrus Vale smiled and said casually.
His gentle smile was extremely terrifying in Sophie's eyes.
Could it be that he wanted to make a move on Clara?!
Sophie's whole body trembled. The more abnormal Syrus Vale was, the more afraid she was.
"Plop ~~!"
Her legs went limp and she fell to her knees.
Syrus Vale was stunned. "What's wrong?!"
At this moment, Sophie only had one thought in her mind, and that was that Syrus Vale wanted to lay his hands on her third sister, Clara.
The only thing she needed to do now was to stall for time until the moment Syrus Vale died from the poison.
As she thought of this, she opened her mouth and squirmed a few times. She slowly spat out a sentence that she felt ashamed of, but it was very suitable for stalling for time:
"Master, please whip me…"